The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-15
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SUBSCRIPTIONS A:
SMUGGLERS' TRICKS.
various Ways OfIntrOducIng Precious {
Into the United states.
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SMUGGLERS' TRICKS. g.
Various Ways OfIntroducing Precious G. ul
Into the United states. -,
1t was stated a few months az =;
an American paper that a rich a,
wife wore upon her neck and a7I h
every evening precious stone,N ti'e
value of E40, 900, other ladies dizzy ing II
jewels to a lesser amount. + art :
American ladies free from thfharge ;.
OF smuggling; many of them hoeeo' =
are adopts at the business, a I'd III +
part secret or two to the prcsslon"lS' ,
During a recent Saratoga ason one
lady was heard to boast tb she hau
brought over suit of dianhuS III Ine
heels of several pairs of slRers' when
she had made on purpos to contain
them. These dainty artics were osteli-
tatiOusly displayed and eken notice OF
by the searc@,rs; but tb heels were not
suspected of being holly or to contain
diamonds. Hollow heled boots were
at one tj.,Sf . g. - ,sse : = 1}:s9 9hs
Esauiman ms Conquest, Charles bought, y
o,a am bktno Eureka, Meyers. from San Fran
soS FrS3ot forest r 93ssfP Winding from
one smuggling machinery. That moda .,
carrying on the illicit traffic was ,,It;
nateIy discovered bv an md,
steward of an American Eno,.
49, Ior consideration. com
4Iuiilcated the secret to the ems
Sonl mousse authorities. Then fol
lowed series of contrivances in tho
Shape or double-bOttomed trunks va
uses with secret pockets. desks with IN
sue drawers and guns and pistols which
were so contrived as to contain t.
u the much coveted gems. All tboso
=, ~ "nces were IN turn discovered.
'ney were Just the kind of COncealmap+s
"h'ch Che officers had their tbouCbts
nXed upon. just as the customs ant6or
ities were under the impression H.
they had suppressed the illicit traffio
new new er" IN gem smuggling was inauru- |
Ia'eu' ana more diamonds reached fba
y niled States duty free than befor,
smuggling 1t may be said. develonad
INTO me art; at all events, the Incidence
Oh 1ne trade for a brief period became
SO simple as to seem like cbild's III.
lhoeed' children were made to NAV 81
important part in the business. A stor,,
winch lately became public shows how
Wen the modern diamond smuUolars bod
iald TO heart Poe's precepts. "Pleass~N
hold my baby while my husband ba1ns
ne 70 open my trunks; he will be oDite
s0od II you will shake his rattle " ssid
laoV passenger to the officer who was ,
'alUlng to look over her TRAVELLING &
'e"r' ana that officer good-humoredlS I
al as ne was requested, shaking the {
altle 70 the great delight of the LITTLE
ne 1he rattle in question. which
4steneo to a ribbon, was tied TO tbe +
mia wrist, was filled with gems Of
reat value, mode of smuqglinq tbat
the time was too simple for deteo+ion
NonaA attired in she costume
" sister OF Mercy. was passed over bv d.
e oLneers because she had no luyqaoe h,
ofth examining. She possessed how 81
er' a fine string of beads which. with
'"neast eyes, she kept telling. Safe Ia
1"uo' she was affectionatelv wei A
Lileo by two persons dressed in cos ii,
ules similar to her own. Need II ba ",
!" 'n7t She was smuggler, and that NJ
oeaus were so constructed that each m.
Io diamond weighing seven or eiyb+ ca
ATS? Another Ingenious nare,r, &c. G.,
on the plan of placing a few precious rim
-IeS III Toy kaleidoscope. which had
- gwen 10 child who carried it ooc
ore III safety. A number of homino fni
cons, kept in cages and purchased An,
a village in Belgium and brouobt we
lne United States by way of Peris ney
havre' also played a profitable mart bnt
u pigeon being freighted with a her
go or exquisite gems concealed ~ one
IS and carefully fastened 70 tho rati
sage-bearing dove An extensive
EN- OF diamond smuggling was AZ
nme carried on from Canadio, ~
ma by the aid of homino pi~aons Rivl
discovery of this Illicit trade uos NOV
u - lt,+S y FARMER. who hap brus
u 10 shoot one of the birds. and an inciC
lHihS IL found that there was fast all 4
70 Its leg quill containing a MN p,
OF diamonds! A clew beino oh the
~ the local habitation of the ni,roo,, From,
rletors was discovered and tbeir Ro
OF business put an end 10. Tho ~
ne' stated simply, was to fly every q mi,
OF ten days flock of dozen ~. the +.
pigeons, each CARRYING abopt n hi,
: o1,,1,. So AS the duty on dia- Bo,
5 amounts to ten per cent. the coa+
le taken to smuggle these gemsin- NT.
ra,n,,.l,aI,Io m "Oes iiot seem SO inferI
- 1he value of the "
honestly imported into the United H
Is between IS, 900. 600 and 50 600 &C,
er annum, and it has been calcn- the oil
that gems to half that surn asoo,1o witho
ent of the dutv.-C bo,,,b.-,., - cents
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rived